Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer, and others performed during the weekend-long festivities.

Transforming City Hall Plaza into a laid-back festival ground, this past weekend’s second installment of Boston Calling brought out flower headbands, countless Ray-Bans, and Boston’s most avid music-lovers. With the huge success of the first festival in May, the September festival was planned as a bigger and better follow-up to the inaugural event.

With Saturdayâ€™s lineup opening with a wide selection of alternative and rock bandsâ€”from headliner Vampire Weekend and indie band Okkervil River to Providence’s Deer Tickâ€”and Sunday turning City Hall Plaza into a dance festâ€”infused with upbeat sounds from Major Lazer, Flosstradamus, and Passion Pitâ€”this weekend’s Boston Calling catered to all music tastes, bringing the best of all music worlds to Boston.

Below, check out photos from the second ever Boston Calling music festival:

Day 1

Photo by Margaret Burdge

“I never thought I’d be drinking a beer in City Hall Plaza,” said Dave Vicini (left) of Viva Viva. “Usually we’d get arrested for this.” The local band was selected as one of the two Sonicbids “Emerging Artists” bands to open both days of Boston Calling.

Photo by Margaret Burdge

Crowds cheered as You Won’t introduced their set by singing “All hail to Massachusetts, there is no finer land,” from the state song. The Boston love was echoed by many of the performers throughout the day. (Photo by Margaret Burdge)

Photo by Margaret Burdge

The lead singers of Lucius took to the stage in matching outfits for their performance.